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Bitter Brew
“Bitter Brew deftly chronicles the contentious succession of kings in a uniquely American dynasty. You’ll never crack open a six again without thinking of this book.” —John Sayles, Director of Eight Men Out and author of A Moment in the Sun The creators of Budweiser and Michelob beers, the Anheuser-Busch company is one of the wealthiest, most colorful and enduring family dynasties in the history of American commerce. In Bitter Brew, critically acclaimed journalist William Knoedelseder tells the riveting, often scandalous saga of the rise and fall of the dysfunctional Busch family—an epic tale of prosperity, profligacy, hubris, and the dark consequences of success that spans three centuries, from the open salvos of the Civil War to the present day.
Summary of William Knoedelseder's I'm Dying Up Here
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 Miller had appeared as Dave Letterman’s guest fifty-six times over two decades. He had logged thirty-two appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He had stood alone in front of a crowd and cracked wise every night for more than thirty years. #2 The feud between Leno and Letterman was well known among their friends. Leno had taken over for Letterman as host of The Tonight Show, and Letterman had always wanted the job. #3 The George stories were more accessible to an outsider. Elayne Boosler remembered a middle-of-the-night phone call she had with Miller in 1976, when he asked her for money so he could buy drugs. She gave him $75, and he called her an enabler years later because of it. #4 The funeral was filled with drug references and jokes. No one had any idea what was about to happen.
Stiffed
Like that great bestseller Indecent Exposure, this shocking expose is an epic that began with a small incident--an income tax investigation--which exploded to show the pervasive corruption of an entire industry. The investigation grew and expanded to involve the FBI, the Justice Department, extortion, counterfeiting, bribery, even murder. 8 pages of photos.
I'm Dying Up Here
Full of revealing portraits of many of the best-known comedic talents of the 1970s, "I'm Dying Up Here" is also a poignant tale of the price of success and the terrible cost of failure--professional and moral.
Fins
The New York Times bestselling author of Bitter Brew chronicles the birth and rise to greatness of the American auto industry through the remarkable life of Harley Earl, an eccentric six-foot-five, stuttering visionary who dropped out of college and went on to invent the profession of automobile styling, thereby revolutionized the way cars were made, marketed, and even imagined. Harleys Earl’s story qualifies as a bona fide American family saga. It began in the Michigan pine forest in the years after the Civil War, traveled across the Great Plains on the wooden wheels of a covered wagon, and eventually settled in a dirt road village named Hollywood, California, where young Harley took the ...
Dreadnaught
The drummer for Dead Kennedys and Red Hot Chili Peppers recounts such aspects of his life as growing up poor in St. Louis, his time in San Francisco, and the years of drug and alcohol abuse he endured.
Dethroning the King
How the King of Beers collapsed without a fight and what it means for America's place in the post-Recession world How did InBev, a Belgian company controlled by Brazilians, take over one of America's most beloved brands with scarcely a whimper of opposition? Chalk it up to perfect timing—and some unexpected help from powerful members of the Busch dynasty, the very family that had run the company for more than a century. In Dethroning the King, Julie MacIntosh, the award-winning financial journalist who led coverage of the takeover for the Financial Times, details how the drama that unfolded at Anheuser-Busch in 2008 went largely unreported as the world tumbled into a global economic crisis...
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The Healing of America
A New York Times Bestseller, with an updated explanation of the 2010 Health Reform Bill Bringing to bear his talent for explaining complex issues in a clear, engaging way, New York Times bestselling author T. R. Reid visits industrialized democracies around the world--France, Britain, Germany, Japan, and beyond--to provide a revelatory tour of successful, affordable universal health care systems. Now updated with new statistics and a plain-English explanation of the 2010 health care reform bill, The Healing of America is required reading for all those hoping to understand the state of health care in our country, and around the world.
Comedy at the Edge
Surveys the stand-up comedy of the 1970s, citing the contributions of celebrity comics, from George Carlin and Richard Pryor to Robin Williams and Andy Kaufman, in an account that also evaluates the roles played by such clubs as Catch a Rising Star, the Improv, and the Comedy Store.
